Honda Civic Type R

Owners filed 42 complaints across 8 model years of the Honda Civic Type R. The 2021 drew the most (12).

Model years8
Complaints42
Recalls12
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Honda Civic Type R years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Honda Civic Type R model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Honda Civic Type R model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2025Too new4
1——SteeringRoutine
20241
1——Visibility/WiperRoutine
202310
2—1SteeringRoutine
202112
212EngineRoutine
20201
1——Electrical SystemRoutine
20196
2——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine
20186
2—1Unknown or OtherRoutine
20172
1——Fuel/Propulsion SystemRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.